D O Y OU K NOW H OW Y OUR C ONSISTORIES O RIGINATED ? SGIG Reginald B. Stewart 33°, Grand Historian
1917 and went defunct in the 1920s. The choice of the name “ beaver ” comes as no surprise to anyone familiar with the history of Canada. One, beavers are native to Canada. Two, they were historically important to the economy and development as a part of the fur trade in the 1700s and 1800s. Three, beaver symbolism is very common throughout Canada. This Consistory has enjoyed the pleasure of a few of her members being honored by the United Supreme Council. G.I.G. Lincoln M. Alexander, 33° was elected by his peers as president of the Clarence C. Smith Class of 1969. S.G.I.G. Raymond G. (Gray) “ Rapid Ray ” Lewis, 33° (see page
10, spring 2004, Bulletin) was a Gold Medal of Achievement awardee (2002). Illustrious Lewis was also posthumously honored with the Class of Grand Inspectors of 2005 bearing his name—the Raymond G. Lewis Class of 2005. The current Deputy for the Orient, S.G.I.G. Fred Ofosu, 33°, was a Gold Medal of Achievement recipient in 2023. S.G.I.G. Charles A. Downes, 33° was one the first to be bestowed the Gold Stole signifying 9 years of laudable service in the active grade. Beaver Assembly No. 88, Order of the Golden Circle, is Beaver Consistory ’ s counterpart. John G. Jones established a consistory in Toronto under his affiliation named Mount Calvary in 1902.
B EAVER C ONSISTORY N O . 74 Valley of Toronto Orient of Canada Chartered May 10, 1962
In the early 1960s, the climate was favorable for international expansion in the Northern Jurisdiction. Beaver Consistory is the first Consistory chartered in Canada in the modern era. St. Andrews Consistory No. 35, Valley of Chatham, was chartered somewhere between 1915 and
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